Importance of Life:
Leviticus 24:17 - "Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death."
John 15:13 - "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."
Mark 8:36,37 - "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?"
The Paradox/Attainment of Life:
Matthew 10:38 - "And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
John 12:25 - "Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
The Result:
Colossians 3:3,4 - "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory."
1 John 5:11 - "And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son."
John 14:6 - "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
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